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Richard Pennant (1737?–1808), 1st Baron Penrhyn of Penrhyn, and His Dog 'Crab'

Henry Thomson (1773–1843)

National Trust, Penrhyn Castle

Richard Pennant (1737?–1808), 1st Baron Penrhyn of Penrhyn, and His Dog 'Crab'

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A portrait of Richard, son of John Pennant of Jamaica and Bonella Hodges, who married the Penrhyn heiress, Anne Susannah Warburton in 1765. He was MP for Petersfield and subsequently for Liverpool and was created Lord Penrhyn in the Irish peerage in 1783. It was painted in the 1790s, when Lord Penrhyn was building a road up the Nant Ffrancon to Capel Curig which established the Shrewsbury Holyhead route perfected by Telford. Lord Penrhyn points to a map of the road, which indicates the distance saved by the new, more direct route. In the background is the Royal Hotel (now Plas y Brenin) which he built at Capel Curig in 1800, shown against a somewhat exaggeratedly mountainous background.

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Title

Richard Pennant (1737?–1808), 1st Baron Penrhyn of Penrhyn, and His Dog 'Crab'

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 236.5 x W 143 cm

Accession number

1421754

Acquisition method

accepted by HM Treasury from Lady Janet Pelham and John Charles Harper, who assumed the name of Douglas-Pennant, in lieu of death duties from the estate of Hugh Napier Douglas Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llangedai, and allocated to the National Trust, 1951

Work type

Painting

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Henry Thomson

1773–1843

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